Gbh - Power Corrupts lyrics

The flames of degradation burn and curl up to the sky They tell you when you're going wrong but they'll never tell you why They got all this power and they shove it in your face Stomp you to the ground just to keep you in your place Power corrupts Attitudes adjust Power corrupts and... Absolute power absolutely corrupts Absolute power absolutely corrupts... Absolutely They just stand there watching, got a finger on the trigger Never believe the other mans gun is always bigger I've seen 'em come and I've seen 'em go and I've seen them in the dirt Paralyzed with fear cuz they got nothing to a**ert So now we're all on the scrap heap, got no souls left to save We're nurtured and we're prodded from the cradle to the grave It's a jungle out there and you're an animal with a past The heart of a snake, rising up that ladder fast